The three-time F1 ⭕champion, who dominated the sport this year, has never hid his dim view of the glitz and the glamour that has increasingly become a part of race weekends.

V🦋erstappen initially refused to partake in Netflix’s ‘Drive To Survive’, such was his wish to remain out of the limelight.

And even as Brad Pitt and the Lewis Hamilton-produc🅠ed F1 film came to Silverstone earlier this year, Verstappen admitted “I can’t be bothered”.

Verstappen has now told : “I have no desire to ওbe💯 able to hang out with famous movie stars.”

He said about the Netflix showౠ which gave F1 a new fan-base: “I don👍’t need to watch it because I know what happens.

“I’m also not very interested to hear from our neighbors how🐟 they saw their sea๊son.

"I know my side of the st♒ory. For me, that’s enoug🃏h.” 

Verstappen also noted his weariness at increased marketing responsibilities, and how they make effect his longevity as a driverﷺ:🅷 “I would just keep in mind that the actual sport comes first, instead of the show.

“That, for me, is very important, and that eventually will also 𝄹decide ifꦬ I stay or not.” 

Helmut Marko admitted Red Bull mus꧅t be wary of overlo✃ading Verstappen: “He doesn’t like doing it.

“I want to have a relaxed and happy Maಌx. Maybe someౠ less sponsors.”

That attitude led Barton Crock🥂ett, senior research analyst for Rosenblatt Securities who covers F1 owners Liberty Media, to say: “As great as Verstappen is, right now he looks like the biggest risk to the business.”

F1 has targeted the USA ev🉐er since Liberty Media took over.

The American owners posteꦛd $2.57 billion in revenue in 2022, a 44% increase fro🐷m 2017.

The F1 Las Vegas Grand Prix was another major step to embracing interest from the US﷽A.

But, the best driver in the sport currently has♉ little interest in the celebrity aspect of F1.